THANK GOODNESS..

NOT

My Ninja 3 in 1 cooking system was the best purchase I have made by far this year. The simplicity of throwing vegetables, some lean protein, water, an array of spices and a soup base into one little bucket just puts your mind at ease.

Say goodbye! No more hassling with 5 pans, waiting for your food to bake or even just crossing your fingers hoping that it will taste good after all that effort you put into creating a dish.

Ladies..this is what I call a 2 minute gourmet meal..

(sorry for the bad picture, I flashed a photo and posted via instagram last minute ;))

Black Bean Stew

Ingredients:

2 chicken breasts

1 sweet corn

1 yellow onion

1/2 cup black beans

3-4 cloves garlic

1 tsp. hot sauce

10 cherry tomatoes

3 cups black bean latin style soup

1 cup water

Directions:

Peel onion and garlic. Cut in 4’s.

Throw it all in crock pot.

Let food slow cook for 7-8 hours

Take a fork and separate it all in crock pot.

Add avocado if you want

Serve.

Place leftovers in glass container and use for soup, leftovers or sauce!

More recipes to come this week 🙂

What are your thoughts on slow cooking? Any recipes you want to share?

I definitely need to share more of ’em! Except I’m so bad at making actual recipes in the slow cooker, I usually just throw together whatever leftover veggies I have in the fridge/freezer with a protein and either curry spices or mexican spices–simple and easy, but not exactly recipe-post-worthy!

I found a vegetable-spice chart in my friends cookbook that was interesting because it explained which spices taste best with each kind of vegetable kind of like meats and wine. I will have to share it with you when I get to finding it! Love and Shine C